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胡思乱想

胡思乱想 (hú sī luàn xiǎng): Absent-minded / Muddled thinking — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

胡思乱想 consists of 4 characters.

beard, mustache; foreign, reckless

to think, to consider

to want; to think

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Pinyinhú sī luàn xiǎng

MeaningAbsent-minded / Muddled thinking

Characters4

HSK3.0 Level 7-9

Syntax—

Word胡思乱想

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3.

How to Use 胡思乱想 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 胡思乱想 with other words naturally.

Subject + Verbwith结果

hú胡

sī思

luàn乱

xiǎng想

de的

jié结

guǒ果

neutralWritten

result of overthinking

Adverb + Verb

zhěng整

tiān天

hú胡

sī思

luàn乱

xiǎng想

Verb + Complementwith一通

hú胡

sī思

luàn乱

xiǎng想

yī一

tòng通

4.

Example Sentences with 胡思乱想

bié别

hú胡

sī思

luàn乱

xiǎng想

，

kuài

neutral

daydream all day

bú不

yào要

hú胡

sī思

luàn乱

xiǎng想

neutralSpoken

don't overthink

informal

Spoken

indulge in wild thoughts

快

shuì睡

jiào觉

ba吧

。

Don't overthink, go to sleep now.

zài在

zhèng正

shì式

huì会

yì议

qián前

，

qǐng请

tíng停

zhǐ止

hú胡

sī思

luàn乱

xiǎng想

，

zhuān专

zhù注

yú于

shǒu手

tóu头

de的

yì议

tí题

。

Before the formal meeting, please stop absent-minded thinking and focus on the topic at hand.

nǐ你

wèi为

shén什

me么

zǒng总

shì是

hú胡

sī思

luàn乱

xiǎng想

，

ér而

bú不

qù去

cǎi采

qǔ取

shí实

jì际

xíng行

dòng动

ne呢

？

Why do you always engage in muddled thinking instead of taking practical action?

tā他

zhěng整

tiān天

hú胡

sī思

luàn乱

xiǎng想

，

dān担

xīn心

kǎo考

shì试

huì会

bù不

jí及

gé格

。

He keeps overthinking all day, worrying that he might fail the exam.

tā他

cóng从

wèi未

hú胡

sī思

luàn乱

xiǎng想

，

ér而

shì是

lěng冷

jìng静

dì地

fēn分

xī析

měi每

gè个

fù复

zá杂

jú局

miàn面

。

He never indulges in absent-minded thinking; instead, he calmly analyzes every complex situation.

zài在

kā咖

fēi啡

guǎn馆

lǐ里

，

tā她

yì一

biān边

hú胡

sī思

luàn乱

xiǎng想

，

yì一

biān边

màn漫

wú无

mù目

dì的

dì地

fān翻

yuè阅

zá杂

zhì志

。

In the café, she was absent-minded while aimlessly flipping through a magazine.

zài在

děng等

dài待

jié结

guǒ果

shí时

，

tā她

rěn忍

bú不

zhù住

hú胡

sī思

luàn乱

xiǎng想

gè各

zhǒng种

kě可

néng能

de的

qíng情

kuàng况

。

While waiting for the results, she couldn't help but overthink all possible scenarios.

jìn尽

guǎn管

tā他

shì试

tú图

bì避

miǎn免

hú胡

sī思

luàn乱

xiǎng想

，

dàn但

jiāo焦

lǜ虑

de的

qíng情

xù绪

réng仍

bù不

shí时

kùn困

rǎo扰

zhe着

tā他

。

Although he tried to avoid muddled thinking, feelings of anxiety still troubled him from time to time.